List of city name changes

This is a list of cities and towns whose names were offi-cially changed at one or more points in history. It doesnot include gradual changes in spelling that took placeover long periods of time.see also: Geographical renaming and Names of Europeancities in different languages.

1 Afghanistan• Alexandria Ariana → Herat

• Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar

• Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni

• Alexandria on the Oxus → Al-Khanoum

• Bactra → Balkh

• Adina Pur → Jalalabad

2 Albania• Dyrrachium → Durazzo → Durrës

• Alessio → Lezhë

• Scutari → Shkodrë

3 Algeria• Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers

• Géryville → El Bayadh

• Cirta → Constantine

• Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba

• Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda

• Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam→ Chlef

• Malaca → Calama → Guelma

• Colomb-Béchar → Béchar

• Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir

• Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa

• Fort Laperrine → Tamanrasset

4 Angola

• Amboim → Cabela → Gabela

• Benguella → Benguela (1975)

• Cabinda → Tchiowa (proposed)

• Carmona → Uíge (1975)

• Concelho → Caconda (1975)

• Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975)

• Huambo → Nova Lisboa → Huambo (1975)

• Loanda → Luanda (1975)

• Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985)

• Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)

• Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → PortoAmboim (1923) → Gunza/Porto Gabela (proposed)

• Porto Alexandre → Tombwe/Tombua

• Robert Williams town/Vila Robert Williams →Caála (1975)

• Sá da Bandeira → Lubango

• São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975)

• Santa Comba → Waku-Kungo (1975)

• Santo António do Zaire → Soyo

• Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975)

• Silva Porto → Kuito/Cuito (1975)

• Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo/Bailunda

• Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)

• Vila Luso → Luena (1975)

• Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)

5 Argentina

• La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

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2 9 AZERBAIJAN

6 Armenia

See List of renamed cities in Armenia

• Akhta → Hrazdan

• Alagyoz → Tsakhkahovit → Aragats (1950)

• Artashat → Verin Ghamarlu → Artashat (1962)

• Basarkechar → Vardenis (1945)

• Dadakishlag → Akhundov → Punik

• Davalou → Ararat (1935)

• Dyuzkand → Akhuryan (1950)

• Geryusi → Goris (1924)

• Hamamlou → Spitak (1948)

• Jalaloghlou → Stepanavan (1930)

• Ghapan → Kapan (1990)

• Karaklis → Kirovakan (1935) → Vanadzor (1993)

• Krasnoselsk → Chambarak (1993)

• Kumayri → Alexandropol (1840) → Leninakan(1924) → Gyumri (1990)

• Kyavar → Novo-Bayazet/Nor Bayazet (1830) →Kamo (1959) → Gavar (1996)

• Lusavan → Charentsavan (1967)

• Nerkin Karanlough → Martuni (1926)

• Sardarapat → Hoktemberyan (1932) → Armavir(1992)

• Soylan → Azizbekov (1956) → Vayk (1994)

• Nubarashen → Sovetashen → Nubarashen

• Uloukhanlou → Narimanlou → Zangibasar → Raz-dan → Masis

• Vagharshapat → Echmiadzin (1941) → Vagharsha-pat (1991)

• Vorontsovka → Kalinino (1937) → Tashir (1991)

7 Australia

See also: Australian place names changed from Germannames

• Stuart → Alice Springs (NT)

• Ballaarat → Ballarat (VIC)

• Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)

• Bendigo’s Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)

• Dumbletown → Beverly Hills (NSW)

• Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)

• Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)

• Germanton → Holbrook (NSW)

• Limestone Station → Ipswich (QLD)

• Bearbrass → Melbourne (VIC)

• Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)

• Blackman’s Flat → Orange (NSW)

• Currajong → Parkes (NSW)

• Belfast → Port Fairy (VIC)

• Flooding Creek → Sale (VIC)

• McGuire’s Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton(VIC)

• Newcastle → Toodyay (WA)

• Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)

8 Austria• Vindobona → Wien (Vienna)

9 Azerbaijan

See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan

• Mardakert → Ağdərə (1991, change not recognizedby the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic which controlsthis city)

• Aşağı Ağcakənd → Şaumyanovsk (1938) → AşağıAğcakənd (1990)

• Astraxan-Bazar → Cəlilabad (1967)

• Beyləqan → Zhdanov (1939) → Beyləqan (1991)

• Biləsuvar → Puşkino (1938) → Biləsuvar (1991)

• Dəvəçi → Şabran (2010)

• Duvannı → Sanqaçal

• Gəncə → Elisabethpol (1805) → Gəncə (1918) →Kirovabad (1935) → Gəncə (1989)

• Goranboy → Qasım-İsmayılov (1938) → Goranboy(1990)

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• Helenendorf → Yelenino → Xanlar (1938) →Göygöl (2008)

• Karyagino → Füzuli (1959)

• Xonaşen → Martuni → Xocavənd (1991, changenot recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republicwhich controls this city)

• Noraşen → İliç[evsk] → Şərur (1991)

• Petropavlovka → Petropavlovsk → Sabirabad(1931)

• Port-Ilich → Liman (1999)

• Prishib → Göytəpə

• Qutqaşen → Qəbələ (1991)

• Şəki → Nuxa (1840) → Şəki (1968)

• Şəmkir → Şamxor → Şəmkir (1991)

• Tərtər → Mir-Bəşir (1949) → Tərtər (1991)

• Traubenfeld → Vinogradnoe Pole → Tovuz

• Vartaşen → Oğuz (1991)

• Xankəndi → Stepanakert (1923) → Xankəndi(1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic which controls this city)

• Yelizavetinka → Lüksemburq → Ağstafa (1939)

• Yeni Şamaxı → Ağsu

• Zubovka → Əli-Bayramlı (1938) → Şirvan (2008)

• Pirçivan → Zəngilan (1957)

10 Bangladesh

• Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka

• Chittagong → Chotogram *(both are used asboth English and Bengali are official languages ofBangladesh)

11 Belarus

See List of renamed cities in Belarus

• Mien’sk (Мѣньскъ) (historical ruthenian name) →Mińsk Litewski (polish name) → Minsk (Минск)(Russian name since 19th century as transcribedfrom Polish) → Minsk (Мінск)/Miensk (Менск)(informal)

• Berestie (Берестье) (historical ruthenian name) →Brześć Litewski (polish name) → Brest-Litovsk(Брест-Литовск) (Russian name since 19th centuryas transcribed from Polish*) → Brest (Брест) (*) →Brest (Брэст)/Bierascie (Берасце) (informal)

• Horodno (Городно) (historical ruthenian name) →Grodno (polish name) → Grodno (Гродно) (Rus-sian name since 19th century as transcribed fromPolish) → Hrodna (Гродна)/Harodnia (Гародня)(informal)

• Novohorodok (Новогородокъ) (historical ruthe-nian name) → Nowogródek (polish name) → Novo-grudok (Новогрудок) (Russian name since 19thcentury as transcribed from Polish) → Navahrudak(Навагрудак)/Navaharodak (Навагародак) (infor-mal)/Navahradak (Наваградак) (informal)

• Mery, Myory (Меры) (historical ruthenian name)→Miory (polish name)→Miory (Миоры) (Russianname since 19th century as transcribed from Polish)→ Mijory (Міёры)/Miory (Мёры) (informal)

• Feni→ Heni

12 Belgium

• Charnoy (hamlet) → Charleroi (1666)

• Atuatuca Tungrorum (= Aduatuca Tongrorum) →Tongeren

13 Botswana (formerlyBechuanaland)

• Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

14 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška

• Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)

• Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča

• Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Žu-panjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno →Tomislavgrad

• Salines → Soli → Tuzla

4 18 CANADA

15 Brazil• Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos

• Hamônia → Ibirama

• Hansa Humboldt → Corupá

• Jabaeté → Viana

• Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau →Presidente Getúlio

• Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis

• Nova Danzig → Cambé

• Paraíba → João Pessoa

• Porto Acre → Xapuri

• Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre

• São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus

• São José del Rey → Tiradentes

• Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí

• Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha

• Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória

• Vila Rica → Ouro Preto

16 Brunei• Brunei Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Be-gawan (1970)

• Brooketon → Muara

• Padang Berawa → Seria

17 Bulgaria• Agatopolis → Ahtabolu → Ahtopol

• Ratiaria → Archar

• Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) →Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad

• Orhanie → Botevgrad

• Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgaz → Burgas

• Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich

• Diranava → Dryanovo

• Dupniche→Marek→ Stanke Dimitrov→Dupnitsa

• Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev

• Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad

• Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil

• Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand →Mihailovgrad → Montana

• Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar

• Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik

• Plevne → Pleven

• Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eu-molpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia →Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva →Filibe → Plovdiv

• Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse

• Kolarovgrad → Şumnu → Shumen

• Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre →Silistra

• Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi → Smolyan

• Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia

• Apolonia → Sozopolis → Süzebolu→ Sozopol

• Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana→ Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra →Zheleznik → Stara Zagora

• Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte

• Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo

• Odesos → Varna → Stalin → Varna

• Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo →Veliko Tarnovo

• Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

• Vratitsa → Ivraca→ Vratsa

18 Canada

18.1 Alberta

• Hobbema → Maskwacis

18.2 British Columbia

• Fort George → Prince George

• Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria

• Westbank → West Kelowna

• Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver

• ch’átlich→ Sechelt

18.9 Saskatchewan 5

18.3 Manitoba

• Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

18.4 New Brunswick

• Fort LaTour → Saint John

• Léger Corner → Dieppe

• Ste. Anne’s Point → Fredericton

18.5 Nunavut

• Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit

18.6 Ontario

• Berlin → Kitchener, Ontario. Changed in 1916 dueto Canadian involvement in the First World War,named after Lord Kitchener see Berlin to Kitchenername change

• Hens and Chicken’s Harbour → Collingwood[1]

• New Johnstown → Cornwall

• Rat Portage → Kenora

• Fort Frontenac → Kingston

• Ebytown→ Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitch-ener name change)

• Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake

• Bytown → Ottawa

• Shipman’s Corners → St. Catharines

• Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sud-bury

• Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto

• Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

18.7 Prince Edward Island

• Port la Joie → Charlottetown

18.8 Québec

• Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal →Montreal

• Stadacona → Québec City

18.9 Saskatchewan

• Pile o' Bones → Regina

• Prussia → Leader

19 Chad• Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (pro-posed)

• Fort Archambault → Sarh

• Fort-Foureau → Kousséri

• Fort Lamy → N'Djamena

20 China• Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen

• Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi →Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peip-ing → Beijing

• Canton† → Guangzhou

• Chang'an → Xi'an

• Chinchow† → Jinzhou

• Chungking† → Chongqing

• Iling → Ichang† → Yichang

• Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing

• Kirin† → Jilin

• Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng

• Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou

• Soochow† - Suzhou

• Yinxu → Anyang

• Tan-tung† → Andong → Dandong

• Tientsin† → Tianjin

• Shenyang→ Shengjing→ Fengtianfu→Mukden→Fengtian → Shenyang

• Ch'ing-ni-wa† → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) →Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian

• Swatow† → Shan-t'ou → Shantou

• Tsinan† → Chi-nan → Jinan

†Name change in English due to replacement of outdatedmethods such as the postal romanization with the pinyinmethod. The Chinese name is unchanged.

6 23 CROATIA

21 Colombia• Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fede Bogotá → Bogotá

• Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida

• Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta→ Cúcuta

• Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes deValledupar → Valle Dupar → Valledupar

• Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios delCabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remediosdel Río de la Hacha → Riohacha

• Barbudo→Santiago de Sompayón→Tamalameque→ Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Can-delaria de El Banco → El Banco

• San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira

• Apiay → Villavicencio

• Pueblo Viejo→San Francisco de Quibdó→Quibdó

• San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas →Ibagué

• Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia deHatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de SanJuan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto

• San Antonio → Leticia

• Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José →Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo

• Villa Holguín→ Armenia

22 Democratic Republic of theCongo (Ex-Belgian Congo, Ex-Zaire)

Main article: Former place names in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo

A number of places became towns/cities under a Belgiancolonial name, or rather two: in Dutch (often ending in-stad) and French (often ending in -ville, also meaning'town') (the Belgian official languages), but were later re-named in native languages, such as :

• Albertstad = Albertville (colonial) → Kalemie

• Boudewijnstad = Baudoinville (colonial) →Kirungu

• Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville (colonial) →Mbandaka

• Costermansstad = Costermansville (colonial) →Bukavu

• Elisabethstad = Elisabethville (colonial) →Lubumbashi

• Jadotstad = Jadotville (colonial) → Likasi

• Leopoldstad = Léopoldville (colonial) → Kinshasa

• Luluaburg/ Luluabourg (colonial) → Kananga

• Bangala Station → Nieuw-Antwerpen = Nouvelle-Anvers (colonial) → Makanza

• Ponthierstad/Ponthierville (colonial) → Ubundu

• Port Franqui → Ilebo

• Stanleystad = Stanleyville (colonial) → Kisangani

23 Croatia• Ragusa → Dubrovnik

• Tinum (Latin; Hungarian: Tinin; Italian: Tenin) →Knin

• Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek

• Pola → Pula

• Sankt Veit am Fluß (German) → Fiume (Italian) →Rijeka

• Sebenico → Šibenik

• Spalatum (Latin) → Spalato → Spljet → Split

• Τραγύριον, Tragyrion or Τραγούριον, Tragourion(Greek) → Tragurium (Latin) → Traù (Italian) →Trogir

• Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar

• Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb

• Buccari → Bakar

• Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru

• Pinguente → Buzet

• Cherso → Cres

• Cirquenizza → Crikvenica

• Castelli → Kaštela

• Castua → Kastav

• Comiza → Komiža

• Curzola → Korčula

• Porto Re → Kraljevica

25.1 Greenland 7

• Albona → Labin

• Laurana → Lovran

• Lesina → Hvar

• Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj

• Nona → Nin

• Cittanova (d'Istria) → Novigrad

• Abbazia → Opatija

• Pagu → Pag

• Pisino → Pazin

• Pozzo Littorio d'Arsia → Piedalbona → Podlabin

• Parenzo → Poreč

• Rovigno → Rovinj

• Segnia → Senj

• Dignano → Vodnjan

• Vodizze → Vodice

24 Czech Republic

• Cukmantl (Zuckmantel) → Zlaté Hory

• Falknov (Falkenau) → Sokolov

• Frývaldov (Freiwaldau) → Jeseník

• Německý Brod (Deutsch Brod) → Havlíčkův Brod

• Německé Jablonné (Deutsch Gabel) → Jablonné vPodještědí

• Unterwielands (Cmunt) → České Velenice →Gmünd-Bahnhof (Gmünd III) → České Velenice

• Zlín (Zlin) → Gottwaldov → Zlín

• Budweis → České Budějovice

• Pilsen → Plzeň

• Karlsbad → Karlovy Vary

• Reichenberg → Liberec

25 Denmark

Ārōs → Århus → Aarhus (2011)

25.1 Greenland

• Friedrichstal → Frederiksdal → Narsarmijit(Narsaq Kujalleq)

• Godthaab → Godthåb → Nuuk

• Lichtenau → Alluitsoq

• Lichtenfels → Akunnat

• Neu-Herrnhut → Nye-Hernhut → Noorlit → Nuuk

26 Dominican Republic

• Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) →Santo Domingo

27 Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latinnames

• Syene → Aswan

• Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato →Esna

28 Equatorial Guinea

• Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

29 Estonia

See List of renamed cities in Estonia

• Kuressaare → Kingissepa (1952) → Kuressaare(1988)

• Reval/Revel → Tallinna (1918) → Tallinn (early1920s)

• Dorpat/Derpt → Jurjev (1893) → Tartu (1918)

30 Finland

• Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolais-tad/Nikolainkaupunki → Vasa/Vaasa

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31 France

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, oftenof older Celtic origin

• Agedincum → Sens

• Aginnum → Agen

• Andemantunum → Langres

• Antipolis → Antibes

• Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence

• Arausio → Orange

• Arelate → Arles

• Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg

• Augustobona → Troyes

• Augustodunum → Autun

• Augustodurum → Bayeux

• Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand

• Autessiodurum → Auxerre

• Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres

• Avaricum → Bourges

• Avennio → Avignon

• Bagacum → Bavai

• Burdigala → Bordeaux

• Caesarodunum → Tours

• Carcaso → Carcassonne

• Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum →Orléans

• Condevicnum → Portus Namnetum → Nantes

• Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble

• Divodurum → Metz

• Divona → Cahors

• Durocortorum → Reims

• Elimberris → Auch

• Forum Iulii → Fréjus

• Gesocribate → Brest

• Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/Boulogne-sur-Mer

• Iluro → Oléron

• Iuliomagus → Angers

• Lapurdum → Bayonne

• Limonum → Poitiers

• (Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta) Lugdunum (Lug-dunensis) → Lyon

• Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

• Lugdunum Clavatum → Laon

• Lugdunum Consoranorum → Saint-Lizier

• Lutetia → Paris

• Massilia → Marseille

• Matisco → Mâcon

• Mediolanium → Saintes

• Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux

• Metis → Metz

• Narbo Martius → Narbonne

• Nemausus → Nîmes

• Nemetacum → Arras

• Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers

• Rotomagus → Rouen

• Samarobriva → Amiens

• Segodunum → Rodez

• Senones → Sens

• Strasburg → Strasbourg

• Tolosa → Toulouse

• Valentia → Valence, Drôme

• Vesontio → Besançon

• Vienna → Vienne

• Wissemburg → Wissembourg

32 Gambia

• Bathurst → Banjul (1973)

• Georgetown → Janjanbureh

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33 Georgia

See List of renamed cities in Georgia

• Aghbulakhi → Tetritsq'aro (1940)

• Baghdati → Maiakovski (1940) → Baghdati (1990)

• Barmaksizi → Tsalka (1932)

• Bashkicheti → Dmanisi (1947)

• Altunkale → Bogdanovka (1829) → Ninotsminda(1991)

• Dioscurias → Savastapolis → Tskhumi → So-humkale → Sukhumi

• Elisabethtal → Asureti (1943)

• Martvili → Gegechkori → Martvili (1990)

• Kvirila → Jugeli (1920) → Zestafoni (1921)

• Karaiazi → Gardabani (1947)

• Khashuri →Mikhailovo (1872) → Khashuri (1918)→ Stalinisi (1931) → Khashuri (1934)

• Chörük-Qamarli → Katarinenfeld (1817) → Lük-semburgi (1921) → Bolnisi (1943)

• Stepantsminda→Kazbegi → Stepantsminda (2006)

• Akhalgori → Leningori → Akhalgori (1991)

• Ozurgeti → Makharadze → Ozurgeti (1990)

• Kharagauli → Orjonikidze → Kharagauli (1990)

• Sarvan → Borchalo (1929) → Marneuli (1947)

• Senaki → Mikha-Tskhakaia (1935) → Tskhakaia(1976) → Senaki (1989)

• Shulavery → Shahumiani (1925) → Shulaveri(1991)

• Trialeti → Molotovo (1940) → Trialeti (1957)

• Tsarskiye Kolodtsy → Tsitelitskaro (1921) →Dedoplistskaro (1991)

• Tskhinvali → Staliniri (1934) → Tskhinvali (1961)

• Khoni → Tsulukidze → Khoni (1990)

34 Germanysee also List of cities and towns in East Prussiafor towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania

• Aquisgranum → Aix La Chapelle → Aachen

• Arckenow → Erkenau → Erkener → Erkner

• Augusta Treverorum → Trier

• Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg

• Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden

• Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal

• Batavis → Passau

• Bona → Bonn

• Bötzow → Oranienburg

• Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven

• Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen

• Castellum apud Confluentes → Koblenz

• Castra Regina → Regensburg

• Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz

• Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Cologne(Köln)

• Colonia Nemetum → Speyer

• Constantia → Konstanz

• Everswolde→Neustadt-Eberswalde→Eberswalde-Finow

• Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt →Eisenhüttenstadt

• Klenow → Ludwigslust

• Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg

• Liubice → Lübeck

• Lochau → Annaburg

• Moguntiacum → Mainz→ Mayence → Mainz

• Münden → Hannoversch Münden → Hann. Mün-den

• Neustadt → Dorotheenstadt (in 1710 incorporatedinto Berlin)

• Rixdorf → Neukölln (in 1920 incorporated intoBerlin)

• Sarre-Louis → Sarre-Libre → Saarlouis → Saar-lautern → Saarlouis

10 39 INDIA

• Syburg → Carlshaven → Bad Karlshafen

• Sorviodurum → Straubing

• Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben →Wolfsburg

• Starigard → Aldinborg → Oldenburg in Holstein

• Vörde → Bremervörde

35 Greece

• Banitsa → Vevi

• Boimitsa → Axioupoli

• Kailar → Ptolemaida

• Khandak → Candia → Heraklion

• Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia

See also: Former toponyms in Greece and listcompiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Re-search

36 Guyana

• Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

37 Hong Kong

• Un Long → Yuen Long

38 Hungary

• Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1951) → Dunaújváros(1961)

• Fünfkirchen → Pécs

• Gran → Esztergom

• Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) →Tiszaújváros (1990)

• Waitzen → Vác

•

39 India

See also: List of renamed Indian public places

• Bangalore → Bengaluru (2006)

• Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)

• Fort William→Calcutta → Kolkata (January 2001)

• Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay →Mumbai (1996)

• New Bombay → Navi Mumbai

• Mangalore → Mangaluru

• Mysore → Mysuru

• Kanhiyapur → Cawnpore → Kanpur (1948)

• Baroda → Vadodra

• Pataliputra → Patna

• Pondicherry → Puducherry

• Poona → Pune

• Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahan-panah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shah-jahanabad → Delhi

• Trivandrum → Thiruvananthapuram

• Quilon → Kollam

• Aleppey → Alappuzha

• Cochin → Kochi

• Calicut → Kozhikode

• Chirayinkil → Chirayinkeezhu

• Kattachakonam → Kesavadasapuram

• Palghat → Palakkad

• Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur

• Cannanore → Kannur

• Saket→Ayodhya

• Indravati → Umravti → Amravati

• Tanjore → Thanjavur

• Lakshmanpuri → Lakhanpur → Lakhnau →Lucknow

• Thirusirappalli → Trichinopoly → Trichy →Tiruchirappalli

• Jeypore → Jaipur

• Orissa →Odisha

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• Ootacamund → Udhagamandalam

• Mapuça → Mapusa

• Panjim → Panaji

• Vizagapatam → Visakhapatnam

• Belgaum → Belagavi

• Hubli → Hubballi

• Gulbarga → Kalburgi

• Bijapur → Vijayapura

• Banaras → Varanasi

40 Indonesia• Bandar Aceh Darussalam → Kutaradja → BandaAceh

• Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu

• Buitenzorg → Bogor

• Emma Haven → Teluk Bayur

• (Sunda) Kelapa (397–1527) → Jayakarta (1527–1619) → Batavia (1619–1949) → Djakarta (1949–1972) → Jakarta

• Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru →Sukarnopura → Jayapura

• Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar

• Meester Cornelis → Djatinegara → Jatinegara

• Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung

• Telanaipura → Jambi

41 Iran• Qaradağ → Arasbaran

• Ecbatana → Hagmatana → Hamadan

• Saraskand → Hashtrud

• Aspadana → Isfahan

• Behdesīr → Kerman (10th century A.D.)

• Kivi → Kowsar

• Malek Kandi → Malekan

• Khiyov → Meshginshahr

• Araplar → Poldasht

• Khorasan → Sain Qaleh

• Shapur → Salmas

• Saujbulagh → Mahabad

• Gonapa → Gonabad

42 Ireland

• Bagenalstown → Muine Bheag (1932)

• Charleville → Ráth Luirc (1920s)

• Cove → Queenstown (1849) → Cobh (1922)

• Dún Laoghaire → Kingstown (1821) → DúnLaoghaire (1922)

• Edgeworthstown → Mostrim (1935) →Edgeworthstown (1974)

• Fethard → Fethard-on-Sea (1914)

• Kells → Ceannanus Mór (1929) → Kells (1993)

• Kingwilliamstown → Ballydesmond (1951)

• Lisbrack → Newtownforbes (1750)

• Maryborough → Port Laoise (1929)

• Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)

• Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)

• Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)

• Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)

• Philipstown → Daingean (1922)

43 Israel

• Acre → Ptolemais → Acre → Akko/Akka

• Yvus/Shalem → Yerushalayim → Ilea Capitolina→ Bayt al-Maqdis → Al-Quds → Yerushalayim/Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

• Ashkelon → Ascalon (Majdal) → Ashqelon

• Joppa → Jaffa → Tel Aviv-Yafo

• Raanania→ Ra'anana

12 45 JAPAN

44 Italy

See also: Prontuario dei nomi locali dell'Alto Adige

From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, somehave Greek or Etruscan names.

• Akragas → Agrigentum → Girgenti → Agrigento

• Ariminum → Rimini

• Augusta Taurinorum → Torino (English and FrenchTurin)

• Barium → Bari

• Maleventum → Beneventum → Benevento

• Bergomum → Bergamo

• Brixia → Brescia

• Brundisium → Brindisi

• Carales → Cagliari

• Comum → Como

• Consentia → Cosenza

• Drepanum → Trapani

• Felsina → Bononia → Bologna

• Florentia → Firenze (English Florence)

• Genua → Genova (English Genoa)

• Henna → Castrogiovanni → Enna

• Kroton → Crotona → Crotone

• Lavinium → Lavinio

• Littoria → Latina

• Mantua → Mantova (English Mantua)

• Mediolanum → Milan (Milano)

• Messana → Messina

• Mussolinia di Sardegna → Arborea

• Mutina → Modena

• Neapolis → Napolis → Napoli (English Naples)

• Olbia → Terranova Pausania → Olbia

• Panormus → Palermo

• Patavium → Padova (English Padua)

• Pisae → Pisa

• Placentia → Piacenza

• Potentia → Potenza

• Rhegium → Reggio di Calabria

• Roma → Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana →Roma (English Rome)

• Salernum → Salerno

• Syrakusai → Siracusa (English Syracuse)

• Taras → Tarentum → Taranto

• Vicetia → Vicenza

45 Japan• Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)

• Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)

• Edo → Tokyo (1868)

• Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)

• Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)

• Goka → Hiroshima (1591)

• Hiroshima → Kitahiroshima (1996)

• Hizaori → Asaka (1932)

• Imahama → Nagahama (1575)

• Kameyama → Kameoka (1869)

• Kōriyama → Yamatokōriyama (1954)

• Koromo → Toyota (1959)

• Kozukata → Morioka (Keichō era)

• Kurokawa→Wakamatsu→Aizuwakamatsu (1955)

• Kurume → Higashikurume (1970)

• Murayama → Musashimurayama (1970)

• Nagaoka → Nagaokakyō (1972)

• Naniwa → Ōsaka

• Ōminatotanabu → Mutsu (1960)

• Ōmiya → Hitachiōmiya (2004)

• Ōta → Hitachiōta (1954)

• Ōtsu → Kotsu (672) → Ōtsu (794)

• Ōtsu → Izumiōtsu (1942)

• Sano → Izumisano (1948)

• Sayama → Ōsakasayama (1987)

• Shinobu → Fukushima (1592)

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• Takada → Bungotakada (1954)

• Takada → Yamatotakada (1948)

• Takaoka → Hirosaki (1628)

• Tanabe → Kyōtanabe (1997)

• Tsudanuma → Narashino (1954)

• Yamato → Higashiyamato (1970)

46 Jordan

• Philadelphia → Amman

47 Kazakhstan

See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

• Yasi → Shavgar (?) → Turkestan (Kazakh:Түркістан) (?)

• Novopetrovskoye → Fort Alexandrovsky (1857) →Fort-Shevchenko (1939)

• Ayakoz → Sergiopol (1860) → Ayagoz (Kazakh:Аягөз) (1939)

• Aktau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aktau (Kazakh:Ақтау) (1991)

• Dzharkent → Panfilov (1942) → Zharkent (Kazakh:Жаркент) (1991)

• Guryev → Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау) (1991)

• Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (Kazakh: Орал)(1991)

• Verniy → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (Kazakh:Алматы) (1992)

• Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған)(1992)

• Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен)(1992)

• Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) →Oskemen (Kazakh: Өскемен) (1992)

• Chu → Shu (Kazakh: Шу) (1992)

• Yermak → Aksu (Kazakh: Ақсу) (1993)

• Kokchetav → Kokshetau (Kazakh: Көкшетау)(1993)

• Gavrilovka → Taldy-Kurgan (1920) → Taldykorgan(Kazakh: Талдықорған) (1993)

• Chimkent → Shymkent (Kazakh: Шымкент)(1993)

• Leninsk → Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр) (1995)

• Ak-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Per-ovsk (1858) → Kyzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda(Kazakh: Қызылорда) (1996)

• Alexeyevka → Akkol (Kazakh: Ақкөл) (1997)

• Kustanay → Kostanay (Kazakh: Қостанай) (1997)

• Talas → Aulie-Ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936)→ Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz(Kazakh: Тараз) (1997)

• Akmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Akmola(1992) → Astana (Kazakh: Астана) (1998)

• Aktyubinsk → Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе) (1999)

• Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (Kazakh:Риддер) (2002)

• Semipalatinsk → Semey (Kazakh: Семей) (2007)

48 Kenya

• Broderick Falls → Webuye

• Fort Hall → Muranga

• Thompson Falls → Nyahururu

49 Korea

49.1 North Korea

• Sinuiju → Shingishū → Sinuiju

• Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong →Pyongyang → Heijō → Pyongyang

• Wonsanjin → Genzan → Wonsan

• Songjin → Kimchaek

• Kaesong → Gaeseong

49.2 South Korea

• Tamra → Cheju → Jeju

• Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu

• Dongrae → Fusan → Pusan → Busan

• Duingji-hyeon → Yeongi-hyeon → Jeongi-gun →Yŏn'gi → Yeongi → Sejong

14 55 LITHUANIA

• Gulahwa Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu →Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju → Ulsan

• Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon

• Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju

• Hansanju→Hanyang→Hanseong→Gyeongseong→ Seoul

• Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu →Chemulpo → Inchon → Chemulpo → Inch'ŏn →Incheon

• Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju

50 Kyrgyzstan

See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan

• Rybachye → Ysyk-Kel (1989) → Balykchy (1992)

• Karakol → Przhevalsk (1889) → Karakol (1921) →Przhevalsk (1939) → Karakol (1991)

• Pishpek → Frunze (1926) → Bishkek (1991)

51 Laos

• Xiang Dong Xiang Thong → Vientiane (1561) →Luang Phra Bang (1695)

• NakhonKala Champaknaburisi→Nakhon ChampaNakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791)→ Champasak [Bassac] (1863) → Pakse (1908)

52 Latvia

See List of renamed cities in Latvia

• Stučka → Aizkraukle

• Dünaburg → Borisoglebsk → (1656) → Dünaburg(1667) → Dvinsk (1893) → Daugavpils (1920)

• Libau → Libava → Liepāja (1917)

• Birži → Madona (1920)

• Windau → Ventspils (parallel use until the 1920s)

• Wenden → Cēsis (parallel use until the 1920s)

• Schrunden → Skrunda (parallel use until the 1920s)

• Stukmaņi → Pļaviņas (parallel use until the 1920s)

• Sasmaka → Valdemārpils (1926)

• Haynasch → Ainaži (1917)

• Marienburg → Alūksne (~1750)

• Vecauce → Auce (1924)

• Mitau → Mītava → Jelgava (~1860)

• Wolmar → Valmiera (parallel use until the 1920s)

53 Lebanon

• Berytus → Beirut

• Heliopolis → Baalbek

• Sidon → Saida

• Derbly, (W)Ahlia, Mahal(l)ata, Mayza, Kayza,Athar (Phoenician/ Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek,Latin, hence Tripoli) in most modern languages)→ Atrabulus, Tarablus (al-Sham) Arabic) → Tra-blusşam (Turkish) → (again) Tripoli

• Tyre → Sur

54 Libya

• Oea → Tripoli

55 Lithuania

See also List of cities and towns in East Prussia See Listof renamed cities in Lithuania

• Georgenburg → Jurbarkas

• Memel → Klaipėda (1923)

• Pašešupys → Starapolė (1736) → Marijampolė(1758) → Kapsukas (1956) → Marijampolė (1989)

• Šilokarčema → Šilutė (1923)

• Vilkmergė → Ukmergė (1920s)

• Medininkai → Varniai (16th century)

• Sniečkus → Visaginas (1992)

• Duoliebaičiai → Władysławów/Vladislavovas(1639) → Naumiestis → Kudirkos Naumiestis(1934)

• Zarasai → Novoalexandrovsk (1836) → Ežerėnai(1919) → Zarasai (1929)

• Mažeikiai →Muravyov (1899) →Mažeikiai (1918)

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56 Macedonia (FYMR)• Scupi → Skopje

57 Madagascar• Tananarive → Antananarivo

• Diego Suarez → Antsiranana

• Tuléar → Toliara

58 Malaysia• Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)

• Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)

• Victoria → Bandar Labuan

• Jamestown → Bayan Lepas

• Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan

• Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang

59 Mexico• Cajeme → Ciudad Obregón

• Ciudad Real → San Cristobal de las Casas

• Pitic → Hermosillo

• Querétaro → Santiago de Querétaro

• San Juan Bautista → Villahermosa

• Tenochtitlán → Ciudad de México

• Valladolid → Morelia

• Zapotlán → Ciudad Guzmán

60 Moldova

See List of renamed cities in Moldova

• Romanovca → (1960 ?) Basarabeasca

• Cupcini → (1960 ?) Kalininsk → (1990) Cupcini

• Ghindești → (1950 ?) Leninskii → (1990) Ghin-dești

• Hîncești → (1940) Kotovsk → (1941) Hîncești →(1944) Kotovsk → (1990) Hîncești

• Ialoveni → (1960 ?) Kutuzov → (1990) Ialoveni

• Sîngerei → (1940 ?) Lazovsk → (1990) Sîngerei• Șoldănești → (1985) Chernenko → (1988)Șoldănești

• Biruința → (1940 ?) Suvorovo → (1990) ȘtefanVodă

Villages

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza → (1940 ?) Suvorovo →(1990s) Alexandru Ioan Cuza

• Chișcăreni → (1960 ?) Lazo → (1990) Chișcăreni

61 Montenegro• Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)• Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) →Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)

62 Morocco• Tingis → Tangier• Mazagan → El Jadida

63 Mozambique• Lourenço Marques → Maputo (1976)

64 Myanmar• Akyab → Sittwe• Amherst → Kyaikkami• Bassein → Pathein• Henzada → Hinthada• Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin• Moulmein → Mawlamyaing• Myohaung → Mrauk U• Pagan → Bagan• Pegu → Bago• Prome → Pyay• Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon• Sandoway → Thandwe• Syriam → Thanlyin• Tavoy → Dawei• Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

16 71 PHILIPPINES

65 Namibia• Kalkfontein → Karasburg

• Klipfontein → Bethanie

66 Netherlands• Coriovallum → Heerlen

• Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) →Nimwegen → Nijmegen

• Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht

• Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht

• 's Gravenhage → Den Haag

• Forum Hadriani → Voorburg

67 Norway• Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo

• Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem→ Nidaros →Trondheim

• Fredrikshald → Halden

68 Pakistan• Raj Shahi → Islamabad

• Kolachi→Kalanchi→Karachi

• Shal Kot →Quetta

• Preshapur → Peshawar

• Mahmood pur →Lahore

• Neroon Kot → Hyderabad (changed - 1768)

• Lyallpur → Faisalabad (changed - 1977)

• Nawabshah → Benazirabad (changed - 2008)

• Montgomery → Sahiwal (changed - 1966)

• Fort Sandeman → Zhob (changed - 30 July 1976)

• Shahenshah → Hussain Shah (changed - 2004)

• Khan Pur →Gujranwala

• Khan Garh →Jacobabad

• Salwan Kot→Sialkot

• Cambell pur →Attock

• Pepri →Bin Qasim

• Hindu Bagh→Muslim Bagh

• Ajodhan pur →Pakpattan

• Rowdayana →Swat

69 Peru

• San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos

70 Paraguay

• Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner→ Ciudad del Este

• Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

71 Philippines

Main article: List of renamed cities and municipalitiesof the Philippines

• Albay → Legazpi

• Cagayan de Misamis → Cagayan de Oro

• Capiz → Roxas

• Cavite La Punta → Cavite Nuevo → Cavite

• Culiat → Angeles

• Misamis → Ozamiz

• Nueva Caceres → Naga

• Nueva Vergara → Davao

• Opon → Lapu-Lapu

• Perez Dasmariñas → Dasmariñas

• Pineda → Pasay

• Polo → Valenzuela

• San Felipe Neri → Mandaluyong

• San Juan del Monte → San Juan

• San Pedro de Macati → Makati

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72 Polandsee also List of cities and towns in East Prussia

• Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny →Aleksandrów Kujawski

• Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów

• Barcino → Barcin

• Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk2 →Barczewo

• Brido → Wartha → Bardo

• Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek

• Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce

• Barwica → Bärwalde1→ Barwice2

• Biała → Zülz1→ Biała2

• Gajle → Biała → Gehlen1 → Gehlenburg → BiałaPiska2

• Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi

• Biały Bór → Baldenburg1→ Biały Bór2

• Bielszczany Stok → Białystok

• Biała → Langenbielau1→ Bielawa2

• Lignica → Fürstenwald1 → Beroldestadt → Bern-stadt → Bierutów2

• Bischofsburg → Biskupiec2

• Strowangen→Bischofstein→Bistein→Bisztynek2

• Błaszkowice → Błaszki

• Richnow→Reichenau1→Rychwałd2→Bogatynia

• Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo2

• Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg →Braniewo2

• Brwinowo → Brwinów

• Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg1→ Brzeg2

• Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny2

• Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój

• Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz2 →Bromberg → Bydgoszcz2

• Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt1→ Bystrzyca Kłodzka

• Bytom→Beuthen an der Oder1→Białobrzezie2→Bytom Odrzański

• Łoza → Kulmsee1→ Chełmża2

• Freienwalde → Chociwel2

• Konice→Konigesberge1→Königsberg in der Neu-mark → Chojna2

• Chorzów → Königshütte1→ Chorzów2

• Arnswalde → Choszczno2

• Tempelburg → Czaplinek2

• Czarne → Hammerstein1 → Czarne2 → Hammer-stein1→ Czarne2

• Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk2

• Dęblin → Iwanogród → Dęblin

• Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg1 → Christburg →Dzierzgoń2

• Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów2

• Łęg → Lyck → Ełk2

• Gdynia → Gdingen → Gdynia → Gotenhafen →Gdynia

• Gdańsk → Danzig → Gdańsk2

• Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko2

• Głogów → Glogau → Głogów2

• Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → GorzówWielkopolski2

• Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → In-owłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław →Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza →Inowrocław

• Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski

• Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra2

• Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice

• Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny

• Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn

• Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko

• Kołobrzeg → Kolberg → Kołobrzeg2

• Koszalin → Köslin → Koszalin2

• Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów2

• Lignica → Liegnitz1→ Legnica2

• Łódź → Lodsch → Łódź → Litzmannstadt1 →Łódź2

• Marienburg→Malbork→Marienburg→Malbork2

• Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice2

18 74 ROMANIA

• Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Ma-zowiecki

• Sensburg → Mrągowo

• Florianów → Narol

• Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn

• Margrabowa → Treuburg1→ Olecko2

• Pazluk → Hollandt1 → Preußisch Holland →Pasłęk2

• Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski

• Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno2

• Pisz → Johannisburg1→ Pisz2

• Przemków → Primkenow1 → Primkenau1 →Przemków2

• Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy

• Słupsk → Stolp1→ Słupsk2

• Stettin → Szczecin2

• Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno2

• Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → TomaszówLubelski

• Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych2

• Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt1 → Wejherowo →Neustadt1→Wejherowo

• Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo

• Włodzisław→Włocław→Leslau→Włocławek→Leslau → Włocławek2

• Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau1 → Breslau →Wrocław2

• Zabrze → Hindenburg1→ Zabrze2

• Zawadzki → Andreashütte1→ Zawadzkie2

• Frankenstein → Ząbkowice Śląskie2

• Zielona Góra → Grünberg1→ Zielona Góra2

• 1Cities in western side that have been changed whenPoland got independence from Austria-Hungary in1918

• 2 Former German cities during 1918-1939, and be-came a city in Nazi Germany, and became a Polishcity after 1945.

73 Portugal• Aeminium → Coimbra

• Bracara Augusta → Braga

• Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra)

• Iebora → Évora

• Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)

• Pax Iulia → Beja

• Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto) and Vila Nova deGaia

• Sheberina → Serpa

• Sintara → Sintra

• Villa Euracini (953) → Villa Verazin (1198) →Póvoa de Varzim (1308)

74 Romania• Axiopolis → Cernavodă

• Abruttus → Abrud

• Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane

• Aegyssus → Tulcea

• Ampelum → Zlatna

• Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia

• Arrubium → Măcin

• Kronstadt → Brașov → Orașul Stalin → Brașov

• Bucureșci → București (Bucharest)

• Calatis → Mankalya →Mangalia

• Carsium → Hârșova

• Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu

• Dierna → Orșova

• Jassy → Yaş→ Iași

• Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureș

• Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj →Cluj-Napoca

• Noviodunum → Isaccea

• Varadinum (Latin) → (Nagy)várad (Magyar) →Varat (Turkish) → Großwardein (German) →Oradea Mare (Romanian) → (1925 shortening)Oradea

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• Pelendava → Craiova

• Porolissum → Zalău

• Potaissa → Turda

• Temesvár → Tamışvar → Temesvár → Timișoara

• Tomis → Constanța

• Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Sev-erin

75 Russia

Main article: List of renamed cities and towns in RussiaSee also: List of cities and towns in East Prussia

76 Serbia

• Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija

• Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad →Zrenjanin

• Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina

• Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo

• Naissus → Niš

• Singidunum → Singidon → Beograd (Belgrade)

• Taurunum → Zemun

• Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica

• Užice → Titovo Užice (1946) → Užice (1992)

• Vrbas → Titov Vrbas (1983) → Vrbas (1992)

• Zanes → Pontes → Novi Grad → Fetislam →Kladovo

• Zaslon → Šabac

77 Seychelles

• Mahé (as the main island) → (1778) Victoria

78 Singapore• Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang

• Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishun†

• Choa Chu Kang → Chua Chu Kang

• Kalang → Kallang

• Kang Kar → Sengkang

• Passier Reis → Pasir Ris

• Peck San → Bishan†

• Pongal → Ponggol → Punggol

• Temasek → Singapore

• Westhill → Chong Pang

†Name change in English due to replacement of out-dated romanization methods with the Pinyin Romaniza-tion Method. Chinese name unchanged.

79 Slovakia• Baťovany → Partizánske

• Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica

• Kaschau, Kassa → Košice

• Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava

80 Slovenia• Assling → Jesenice

• Bischofslack → Škofja Loka

• Celeia → Cilli → Celje

• Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae →Koper/Capodistria

• Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana

• Marburg → Maribor

• Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj

• Pirano → Piran

• Capodistria → Koper

• Portorose → Portorož

• Velenje → Titovo Velenje (1981) → Velenje (1991)

• Castra ad fluvium frigidum → Ajdovščina

• Atrans → Trojane

20 82 SPAIN

81 South AfricaThis section of the article can be expandedwith material from the corresponding page inAfrikaans Wikipedia - but there 'voorgestel'means the name change is merely proposed,not executed

Main article: Renaming in South Africa

Although many name changes have taken place officiallysince 1994, the previous names are still common in use,especially by the white communities (* means that all orsome road signs still print the former name). This listdoesn't include unofficially or proposed name changessuch as Pretoria to Tshwane.

81.1 Pre 1994

• Albertsburg → Prince Albert (1845)

• McHattiesburg → Balfour (1905)

• Port Natal → Durban

• Treurfontein → Coligny (1923)

81.2 Post 1994

• Belfast → eMakhazeni (2009) [2]*

• Bisho → Bhisho (2004)

• Butterworth → Gcuwa*

• Duiwelskloof → Modjadjiskloof (2004)[3]

• Ellisras → Lephalale (2002)

• Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt(name change reverted)*[4]

• Machadodorp → eNtokozweni (2009)[2]*

• Malelane → Malalane (2007)*

• Messina → Musina (2003)

• Naboomspruit → Mookgophong (2006)

• Nelspruit → Mbombela[2][5] (2009, however Nel-spruit was used during the 2010 FIFAWorld Cup)*

• Nylstroom → Modimolle (2002)[6]

• Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa*

• Pietersburg → Polokwane (2005)

• Potgietersrus → Mokopane (2003)

• Stanger → KwaDukuza (2006)*

• Umtata → Mthatha (2004)

• Verwoerdburg → Centurion (1994)

• Warmbad/Warmbaths → Bela-Bela (2002)*[7]

• Waterval Boven → Emgwenya (2009)[2]*

• Witbank → eMalahleni (2006)

82 Spain• Abula → Ávila

• Acci → Guadix

• Astigi → Écija

• Aurariola → Orihuela

• Augusta Emerita → Mérida

• Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936, by enemiesof Manuel Azaña).

• Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona

• Basti → Baza

• Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia (since the owner didnot want to remind Ferdinand VII of Spain of hiscaptivity at Bayonne)

• Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña→ A Coruña

• Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín

• Colonia Iulia Romula→Hispalis→ Isbilia→Seville(Sevilla)

• Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres

• Colonia Patricia →Corduba→Qurtuba→Córdoba

• Complutum → Alcalá de Henares

• Dertosa → Tortosa

• Dianinum → Daniyya → Denia → Dénia

• Egara → Terrassa

• Ferrol → El Ferrol del Caudillo → Ferrol

• Fuenterrabía → Hondarribia

• Gadir → Gades → Cádiz

• Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz

• Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo

• Guecho → Getxo

• Gerunda → Gerona → Girona

21

• Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida

• Illice → Elche/Elx

• Legio → León

• Lejona → Leioa

• Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante/Alacant

• Lucus Augusti → Lugo

• Mainake → Malaca → Málaga

• Mahón → Maó

• Onuba → Huelva

• Pompaelo → Pamplona

• Qart Hadast → Carthago Nova → Cartagena

• Quintanilla → Quintanilla de Onésimo

• Saguntum → Murviedro/Morvedre →Sagunto/Sagunt

• Salduba → Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza

• Sos → Sos del Rey Católico

• Helmantica → Salamantica → Salamanca

• Tarraco → Tarraco Nova → Tarragona

• Toletum → Tulaytula → Toledo

• Valentia → Balansiyya → Valencia/València

• Villa Real → Ciudad Real

• Xera → Ceret → Xerez → Xerez de la Frontera →Jerez de la Frontera

83 Swaziland• Bremersdorp → Manzini (1960)

• Buffelspruit → Mhlambanyatsi

• Goedgegun → Nhlangano

• Havelock Mine → Bulembu

84 Sweden• Bogesund → Ulricehamn

• Bro → Christinehamn → Kristinehamn

• Malmhaugar → Malmö

• Tuna → Eskilstuna → Carl Gustafs stad →Eskilstuna

• Westra Aros → Wæstaros → Västerås

• Östra Aros → Upsala → Uppsala

85 Switzerland• Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst

• Aventicum →Wiflispurg → Avenches

• Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains

• Lousonna → Lausanne

• Minnodunum → Moudon

• Octodurus → Martigny

• Turicum → Zürich

• Brenno***(durum?) → Bern

86 Syria• Aleppo → Beroea → Halab

• Balanea (Greek, Latin) → Baniyas (Arabic)

• Emesa → Homs

• (H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramean, Assyrian) → Epiphania→ Epiphania, Emath(oùs) (Greek) → Hamath →Hama

• Laodicea ad Mare → Latakia

• Palmyra → Tadmor

• Rasaappa, Rasappa, and Rasapi (Akadian) →Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek & Latin) →Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) → Resafa (Arabic)

87 Taiwan• Quemoy → Kinmen† → Jinmen

• Tamsui† → Danshuei

• Sindian† → Xindian

†Name change in English due to replacement of out-dated romanization methods with the Pinyin Romaniza-tion Method. Chinese name unchanged.

88 Tajikistan

See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan

• Dushanbe→ Stalinabad (1929)→Dushanbe (1961)

• Khodjend → Leninabad (1939) → Khujand (1991)

• Kurgan-Tyube → Qurghonteppa

22 92 TURKMENISTAN

• Sovietabad → Ghafurov (1978)

• Ura-Tyube → Istaravshan (2001)

• Yangi-Bazar → Orjonikidzeabad (1936) → Qo-farnihon (1992) → Vahdat (2003)

89 Tanzania• Bismarckburg → Kasanga

• Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

90 Thailand• Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)

• Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep(1972)

• Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)

91 Turkey

Main article: Geographical name changes in Turkey

Many cities were founded by the Ancient Anatoliansand Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed as La-tinized by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks(in most cases Turkified speech)

• Alexandretta → İskenderun

• Amida → Diyar-ı Bekr → Diyarbekir → Diyarbakır

• Amisus → Samsun

• Ancyra → Angora → Ankara

• Antiocheia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya

• Archelais -> Aksaray

• Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya

• Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu

• Byzantion → Byzantium →Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Konstantiniyye→ Istanbul

• Chalkedon → Chalcedon → Kadıköy

• Cius → Prusa → Bursa

• Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir

• Edessa → Urfa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)

• Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes

• Gawar → Yüksekova

• Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne

• Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Petronium→Bodrum

• Iconium → Konya

• Kyzikos → Cyzicus → Kizikos

• Magnesia → Manisa

• Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri

• Melitene → Malatya

• Mylasa -> Milas

• Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik

• Nicomedia → İznikmid → İzmit

• Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama

• Sinope → Sinop

• Smyrna → İzmir

• Theodosiopolis → Kalikala→ Erzurum

• Tralles → Güzelhisar → Aydın

• Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon

92 Turkmenistan

See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan

• Bekdaş → Garabogaz

• Charjuy → Leninsk (1924) → Charjuy = Charjou =Çarjew (1927) → Turkmenabat (1999)

• Çeleken → Hazar

• Gazanjyk → Bereket

• Gyzyl-arbat → Serdar (city)

• Krasnovodsk → Turkmenbashi (1993)

• Kushka = Guşgy → Serhetabat

• Nebit-dag → Balkanabat

• Poltoratsk → Ashgabat

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93 Ukraine

See List of renamed cities in Ukraine

Crimea

• Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta → Alushta (1784)

• Ermeni Bazar → Armyanskiy Bazar (1786) →Armyansk (1921)

• Karasubazar → Bilohirsk (1944)

• Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)

• Canköy → Dzhankoy (1784)

• Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve →Yevpatoria (1784)

• Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe(1475) → Feodosiya (1784)

• Sarabuz → Hvardiyske (1944)

• Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) → Inkerman(1991)

• Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev →Vosporo/Cerchio → Kerch

• İslâm Terek → Kirovske (1944)

• Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiyske (1944)

• Qızıltaş → Krasnokamianka (1945)

• Aşağı Otuz → Prymorye (1945) → Kurortne (1978)

• Albat → Kuybysheve (1945)

• Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → Lenine(1957)

• Seyitler → Nyzhniohirsk (1944)

• Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945)

• Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoyakornoe → Bub-novka → Ordjonikidze (1937)

• Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove

• Or Qapı → Perekop (1736)

• Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)

• Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka

• Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)

• Hafuz → Yuzhnaya Tochka (1938) → Primosrky(1952)

• Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)

• Saq → Saky (1784)

• Aqyar → Sevastopol (1826; also: Sebastopol)

• Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)

• Aqmescit → Simferopol (1784)

• Dolossı → Sovietske

• İçki → Sovietsky (1944)

• Eski Qırım → Staryi Krym (1783)

• Sudaq → Sudak (1784)

Zaporizhia

• Alexandrovsk → Zaporizhia (1921)

Luhansk

• Yuryevka → Alchevsk (1903) → Voroshylovsk(1931) → Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk (1957) → Komu-narsk (1961) → Alchevsk (1991)

• Izium → Almaznaya (1878) → Almazna (1977)

• Bokovo-Antratsyt → Antratsyt (1962)

• Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → Artemivsk(1938)

• Gorskoye → Hirske (1938)

• Golubyevskiy Rudnik → Kirovsk (1962)

• Sorokino → Krasnodon (1938)

• Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi Luch (1920)

• Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk(1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → Luhansk(1990)

• Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) →Pervomaisk (1920)

• Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) →Stakhanov (1978)

Odessa

• Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Akker-man (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky (1944)

• Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk(2016)

• Birzula → Kotovsk (1935)

• Hacibey → Odessa (1794)

Mykolaiv

24 94 UNITED KINGDOM

• Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa(1832) → Nova Odesa (1989)

• Kara Kerman→Özi→Ochakov (1792)→Ochakiv(1989)

• Orlyk → Orlovsky sconce (1743) → Yekaterinskysconce (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk(1919)

• Kostiantynivka-2 → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987)

Donetsk

• Bakhmut → Artemivsk (1924) → Bakhmut (2016)

• Nelepovy → Artemove (1921)

• Yuzovka → Trotsk (1924) → Stalino (1924) →Donetsk (1961)

• Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958)

• Karakybbud → Komsomolske (1949)

• Grishyno → Postysheve → Krasnoarmiisk (1938)

• Dmitriyevsk → Makiivka (1931)

• Mariupol → Zhdanov (1948) → Mariupol (1989)

• Karlo-Libknekhtovsk → Soledar (1991)

• Bannoe → Banne (1929) → Bannovske (1938) →Slovianohirsk (1964) → Sviatohirsk (2003)

• Tor → Sloviansk (1784)

Dnipropetrovsk

• Kamyanske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936)

• Yekaterinoslav →Novorossiysk (1797) →Yekateri-noslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk;1926)

• Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)

• Samara → Novomoskovsk (1782)

• Shakhtarske → Pershotravensk (1960)

Kharkiv

• Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922)

• Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952)

• Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) →Zmiiv (1990)

Lviv

• Lviv → Lwów (1356) → Lemberg (1772) → Lwów(1918) → Lviv (1939)

• Żółkiew (until 1939) → Zhovkva → Nesterov(1951) → Zhovkva (1992)

Volyn

• Lutsk → Luchesk (1427) → Łuck (1569) → Lutsk(1795) →Mikhailogorod (1850) → Luck (1915) →Łuck (1919) → Lutsk (1939)

Khmelnytsky

• Proskurov → Khmelnytskyi (1954)

Ivano-Frankivsk

• Stanisławów → Stanislaviv (1939) → Ivano-Frankivsk (1962)

Ternopil

• Tarnopol → Ternopil (1939)

Uzhhorod

• Ungvar (1248)→Užhorod (1919)→Ungvar (1938)→ Uzhhorod (1944)

Kirovohrad

• Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) →Kirovo (1934) → Kirovohrad (1939)

Kherson

• Chapli → Askania (1828) → Askania Nova (1835)

• Oleshky → Alioshki (1802) → Tsiurupynsk (1928)

• Ali-Agok → Skadovskoye (1894) → Skadovsk(1933)

• Holy → Golaya Pristan (1786) → Hola Prystan(1923)

• Geniczi → Genichesk (1784) → Henichesk (1923)

94 United Kingdom

94.1 England

• Beeston → Beeston Regis (1399)

• Bognor → Bognor Regis (1929)

94.3 Northern Ireland 25

• Camulodunon (Celtic) → Camulodunum/ColoniaClaudia Victricensis (Roman) → Colneceastre(10th) → Colchester

• Celmeresfort → Chelmsford (1189)

• Duroliponte (Roman) → Grantebrycge (9th) →Cantabrigia (16th) → Cambridge

• Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoforwic (7th century) →Jórvík (c.866) → York

• Leamington Priors→Royal Leamington Spa (1838)

• Londinium → Lundenwic → London

• Lyme → Lyme Regis (1284)

• Lynn → King’s Lynn (16th century)

• Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)

• Staines → Staines-upon-Thames (2012)

• Tunbridge Wells → Royal Tunbridge Wells (1909)

• Wootton Bassett → Royal Wootton Bassett (2011)

94.2 Scotland

• Achadh a' Chuirn → Waterloo

• Ardencaple → Helensburgh

• Cadȝow → Hamilton (15th century)

• Cartleyhole/Clarty Hole → Abbotsford

• Conveth → Laurencekirk

• Dunedin (and variants) → Edinburgh

• Friock → Friockheim

• Hamnavoe → Stromness

• Kiliwhimin → Fort Augustus (18th century)

• Kilrule/Kilrymont → St Andrews

• Maryburgh → Gordonsburgh → Duncansburgh →Fort William

• Navermouth (Am Blàran Odhar) → Bettyhill

• Newark → Port Glasgow (1775)

• Obbe → Leverburgh (1920)

• St John’s Toun/St Johnstone → Perth (the old nameis retained in the local football club)

• Milton of Strathbogie → Huntly

• Vale of Leven → Alexandria

94.3 Northern Ireland

• Ballinascreen → Draperstown (1818)

• Cromlin → Hillsborough (1661)

• Derry → Londonderry (1613)

• Legacorry → Richhill (c.1760)

• Lisnagarvy → Lisburn (1662)

• Muff → Eglinton (1858)

95 United States

95.1 Alaska

• Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka

95.2 Arizona

• Swilling’s Mill → HellinwgMill →Mill City → EastPhoenix → Phoenix

95.3 California

• Nordoff → Ojai

• Todos Santos → Concord

• Tuleburg → Stockton

• Wineville → Mira Loma

• Yerba Buena → San Francisco

• El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angelesde la Porciuncula → Los Angeles

95.4 Colorado

• Fletcher → Aurora

95.5 Connecticut

• Conway → Portland

• East Middletown → Chatham → East Hampton

• Fort Hoop → Newtowne → Hartford

• Mattianuck → Dorchester → Windsor

• Mettabasett → Middletown

• Orford Parish → Manchester

• Pyquag → Wethersfield

26 95 UNITED STATES

• Saybrooke Colony → Saybrook → Deep River

• Southfield → Suthfield → Suffield

• Wintonbury → Bloomfield

• West Division of Hartford → West Hartford

95.6 Delaware

• Fort Casimir → Fort Trefaldighet → New Amstel →New Castle

• Fort Christina → Fort Altena → Wilmington

• Zwaanendael → Lewes

95.7 Florida

• Alligator → Lake City

• Cowford → Jacksonville

• Jernigan → Orlando

• Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach

95.8 Georgia

• Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta

95.9 Illinois

• Charleston → St. Charles

• Fort Dearborn → Chicago

95.10 Iowa

• Valley Junction → West Des Moines Both of thesecities exist now

95.11 Louisiana

• Vermilionville → Lafayette

95.12 Maryland

• Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis

95.13 Massachusetts

• Agawam Plantation → Springfield

• Ireland Parish → Ireland → Holyoke

• Cold Spring → Belcher’s Town → Belchertown

• Gay Head → Aquinnah

• Glasgow → Blandford

• Manchester → Manchester-by-the-Sea

• Menotomy → Arlington

• Minnechaug → South Wilbraham → Hampden

• Quaboage → Quaboag → Brookfield

• Shawmut → Boston

• Stony Hill → Ludlow

95.14 Michigan

• Avon Township → Rochester Hills, Michigan

• Berlin → Marne

• East Detroit → Eastpointe

• Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → Detroit

• Harlow→Hog’s Hallow→McDouglasville→Utica

• Jefferson → Sterling Heights

• Swainsville → Brooklyn

95.15 Minnesota

• Pig’s Eye → St. Paul

95.16 Nebraska

• Lancaster → Lincoln

95.17 New Hampshire

• Derryfield → Manchester

• Hilton’s Pointe → Cochecho → Northam → Dover

• Nashuway → Nashville → Nashua

• Number Two→MiddleMonadnock→Monadnock→ Jaffrey

• Nutfield → Londonderry

• Plantation of Penney Cook → Penney Cook → Pen-nacook → Rumford → Concord

95.22 Ohio 27

• Piscatiqua → Strawberry Hill → Portsmouth

• Suncook → Pembroke

• Winnacunnet → Hampton

95.18 New Jersey

• Awiehawken → Weehawken

• Bergen → Jersey City

• Fort Nassau → Gloucester City

• Hunt’s Mills → Clinton

• Nya Stockholm → Bridgeport

• Sodon → Glen Gardner

• Sveaborg → Swedesboro

• West Paterson→ Woodland Park

95.19 New Mexico

• Alburquerque → Albuquerque

• Hot Springs → Truth or Consequences

95.20 New York

• Beverwijck → Albany

• Breuckelen → Brooklyn (borough of New YorkCity)

• Fort Nassau → Fort Orange → Albany → Willem-stad → Albany

• Heemstede → Hempstead

• New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange →New York City

• North Tarrytown → Sleepy Hollow

• Sing Sing → Ossining, New York

• Staaten Eylandt → Staten Island (borough of NewYork City)

• Wiltwyck → Kingston,

95.21 North Carolina

• Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswell →Kinston

• Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville

• Wachau → Salem →Winston-Salem

95.22 Ohio

• Cleaveland → Cleveland

• Gamble’s Mill → Shelby

• Losantiville → Cincinnati

• Sellstown → Dublin

95.23 Oregon

• Marysville → Corvallis

95.24 Pennsylvania

• Ammansland → Darby

• Chamassungh → Finlandia → Marcus Hook

• Cross Keys → Intercourse

• Fort Duquesne→Fort Pitt→Pittsburgh→Pittsburg→ Pittsburgh

• Mauch Chunk → Jim Thorpe

• Mölndal → Yeadon

• Northampton → Allentown

• Printztorp → Chester

• Tequirassy → Eddystone

• Upland → Chester

95.25 Rhode Island

• Gloucester → Glocester

• Haversham →Westerly

• Kings Towne → Kingstown → Rochester → NorthKingston

• Shawomet → Warwick

95.26 South Carolina

• Charles Towne → Charleston

• Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway

• Tacapua → Startex

95.27 Tennessee

• Alexandria → Jackson

• Fort Nashborough → Nashville

• Coal Creek → Lake City → Rocky Top

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95.28 Texas

• Clark → DISH

• Gorbit → Kit → Irving[8]

• Waterloo → Austin[9]

• Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie

• Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco[10]

• Duncan Switch → Duncanville[11]

• Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio[12]

95.29 Utah

• Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City

95.30 Vermont

• Brattleborough → Brattleboro

95.31 Virginia

Kecoughtan → Hampton

95.32 Washington

• Neppel → Moses Lake

95.33 Wisconsin

• Prairieville → Waukesha

96 Uzbekistan

See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

• Karmine → Navoiy (1958)

• Rishdan → Kuybishevo → Rishtan (1977)

• Leninsk → Asaka (1938)

• Maracanda → Samarqand

• Novy Margelan → Skobelev (1910) → Farg'ona(1924)

• Qarabagish → Sovetobod (1972) → Xonobod

97 Venezuela• Angostura → Ciudad Bolívar (1846)

• Santiago de León de Caracas → Caracas

98 Vietnam• Tourane → Đà Nẵng

• Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long→ Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → ThăngLong → Hà Nội (Hanoi)

• Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An

• Prey Nokor → Gia Định → Saigon → Thành PhốHồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)

• Phu Xuan → Huế

• Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh→ Vinh Thi → Vinh

99 Zimbabwe (all 1982)• Enkeldoorn → Chivhu

• Essexvale → Esigodini

• Fort Victoria → Masvingo (briefly called Nyanda)

• Gatooma → Kadoma

• Gwelo → Gweru

• Hartley → Chegutu

• Marandellas → Marondera

• Matopos → Matobo

• Melsetter → Chimanimani

• Que Que → Kwekwe

• Salisbury → Harare

• Selukwe → Shurugwi

• Shabani → Zvishavane

• Sinoia → Chinhoyi

• Umtali → Mutare

• Wankie → Hwange

100 Sources and references

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• Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (inGerman)

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• City of Melbourne Web site [13]

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• Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and Belagavi [15]

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[1] http://www.collingwood.ca/node/230

[2] Town name changes in Mpumalanga (Unknown),News24, October 2009, retrieved 14 August 2010

[3] www.sa-venues.com - Bottom paragraph states that thetown was renamed in 2004.

[4] Road signs still point to the town as 'Makhado' despite thename being officially reverted

[5] http://www.sabcnews.co.za/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=c1ef6134bbc54210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

[6] “Official South African Geographical Names System”.South African Department of Arts and Culture. 2002-06-14. Retrieved 2012-01-11.

[7] Signs are mixed, some say Bela-Bela, some say Warm-baths

[8] City of Irving - Irving Archives http://www.cityofirving.org/1993/Between-the-Forks. Missing or empty |title=(help)

[9] Patoski, Joe Nick “It’s Just Different Here”, Preservation,July/August 2010, page 38

[10] • Jasinski, Laurie E. (September 1, 2006) “Frisco,Texas.”

[11] “Handbook of Texas”. Tshaonline.org. 2013-08-11. Re-trieved 2013-08-29.

[12] Spanish Texas, Texas State Historical Society: The Hand-book of Texas Online

[13] http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=52&pg=703

[14] http://www.ballarat.com/history.htm

[15] http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/20name.htm

101 See also• List of administrative division name changes

• Neighborhood rebranding in New York City

Interesting Stories about Cities Changing Names

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